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<h3><font color="#669900" face="Arial">The user.properties file </font></h3>
<p><font face="Arial">The user.properties file has many useful options. 
Unfortunately, it can be scary for novices. Here's a selective look at some of 
the choices you might want to adjust. </font></p>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Arial">To change the options, you'll copy the file &quot;user.properties&quot; 
  from FreeMind's program directory to the folder &quot;freemind&quot; in your home 
  directory and edit it using a text editor. You surely know your home directory 
  if you're working on Linux. On Windows 2000, it's typically &quot;C:\Documents and 
  Settings\&lt;UserName&gt;\&quot;, on Windows 95, it's &quot;C:\WINDOWS\&quot;. Edit &quot;user.properties&quot; 
  in the folder &quot;freemind&quot; of your home directory. </font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial">When you start out, all of the options are commented out 
  with a single &quot;#&quot; symbol. To change an option, remove the &quot;#&quot; and edit the 
  line. Then save the file and restart FreeMind. (Comments in the file are 
  marked by &quot;##&quot;. You should not remove the comment symbols from those lines.)</font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial">These notes apply to version 0.7.1. The file is likely 
  to be different in future versions.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">The value shown in the examples is the default value, the 
one you'll get if you leave the line commented out.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Language. Supported are &quot;en&quot;, &quot;de&quot; and &quot;fr&quot;:<br>
</i><b>language = en</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Experimental file locking (&quot;true&quot; or &quot;false&quot;):<br>
</i><b>experimental_file_locking_on = false</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Default node style -- &quot;fork&quot; or &quot;bubble&quot;:<br>
</i><b>standardnodestyle = fork</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard node color in HTML #RRGGBB notation:<br>
</i><b>standardnodecolor = #000000</b></font></p>
<ul>
  <li><font face="Arial">All color references here are in HTML notation. Many 
  references to HTML color codes are on the Internet. A handy chart, and links 
  to some color tools, is at <a href="http://www.lissaexplains.com/color.shtml">
  http://www.lissaexplains.com/color.shtml</a>.</font></li>
</ul>
<p><i><font face="Arial">Default node font. This will only work if the font (TrueTypeFont) 
is available on the system:</font></i><font face="Arial"><br>
<b>defaultfont = SansSerif<br>
defaultfontstyle = 0<br>
defaultfontsize = 12</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Default maximal node width in pixels:<br>
</i><b>max_node_width = 600</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard edge color:<br>
</i><b>standardedgecolor = #808080</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard edge style -- &quot;linear&quot; or &quot;bezier&quot;:<br>
</i><b>standardedgestyle = bezier</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard cloud color:<br>
</i><b>standardcloudcolor = #f0f0f0</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard link color:<br>
</i><b>standardlinkcolor = #b0b0b0</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Standard background color:<br>
</i><b>standardbackgroundcolor = #ffffff</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Look &amp; Feel to use. &quot;metal&quot;, &quot;windows&quot;, &quot;motif&quot; are 
supported on all platforms; &quot;mac&quot; is available only on MacOS. default means that 
the default look and feel is used.&nbsp; If there are problems with the look and 
feel, then choose &quot;nothing&quot; here. It work for applets.<br>
</i><b>lookandfeel = windows</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Initial map size:<br>
</i><b>mapxsize = 1000<br>
mapysize = 3200</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>How many items to keep in the recent-files list:</i><b><i><br>
</i>last_opened_list_length = 25</b></font></p>
<p><i><font face="Arial">Options for the window that opens up to edit long 
nodes:</font></i><font face="Arial"><br>
<b>el__buttons_position = above<br>
el__position_window_below_node = true<br>
el__min_default_window_height = 150<br>
el__max_default_window_height = 500<br>
el__min_default_window_width = 600<br>
el__max_default_window_width = 600<br>
el__enter_confirms_by_default = true</b></font></p>
<p><i><font face="Arial">Next comes a long section of keystroke definitions. 
Valid modifiers are: <br>
&nbsp;shift | control | alt | meta | button1 | button2 | button3 </font></i></p>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Menu accelerators:<br>
  </i><b>keystroke_newMap = control N<br>
  keystroke_open = control O<br>
  keystroke_save = control S<br>
  keystroke_saveAs = control A<br>
  keystroke_print = control P<br>
  keystroke_close = control W <br>
  keystroke_quit = control Q<br>
  keystroke_export_to_html = control E <br>
  keystroke_export_branch_to_html = control H<br>
  keystroke_open_first_in_history = control shift W<br>
&nbsp;</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Map and mode switching:<br>
  </i></font><b><font face="Arial">keystroke_previousMap = control LEFT <br>
  keystroke_nextMap = control RIGHT </font></b></p>
  <p><b><font face="Arial">keystroke_mode_MindMap = alt 1<br>
  keystroke_mode_Browse = alt 2 <br>
  keystroke_mode_File = alt 3</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Node editing commands:<br>
  </i></font><b><font face="Arial">keystroke_node_toggle_italic = control I<br>
  keystroke_node_toggle_boldface = control B<br>
  keystroke_node_toggle_cloud = control shift B</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><b>keystroke_cut = control X<br>
  keystroke_copy = control C<br>
  keystroke_copy_single = control Y<br>
  keystroke_paste = control V </b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>(You can change the following key to DELETE, but it's 
  disabled because of the lack of an Undo function:)<br>
  </i><b>keystroke_remove = none</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><b>keystroke_edit = F2<br>
  keystroke_edit_long_node = alt ENTER<br>
  keystroke_join_nodes = control J<br>
  keystroke_toggle_folded = SPACE<br>
  keystroke_toggle_children_folded = control SPACE<br>
  keystroke_set_link_by_filechooser = control shift K<br>
  keystroke_set_link_by_textfield = control K<br>
  keystroke_set_image_by_filechooser = alt K<br>
  keystroke_node_up = control UP<br>
  keystroke_node_down = control DOWN<br>
  keystroke_node_increase_font_size = control L<br>
  keystroke_node_decrease_font_size = control M<br>
  keystroke_branch_increase_font_size = control shift L<br>
  keystroke_branch_decrease_font_size = control shift M<br>
  keystroke_export_branch = alt A</b></font></p>
  <p><b><font face="Arial">keystroke_node_color = alt C<br>
  keystroke_node_color_blend = alt B<br>
  keystroke_edge_color = alt E</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Node navigation commands:<br>
  </i><b>keystroke_moveToRoot = ESCAPE<br>
  keystroke_move_up = E<br>
  keystroke_move_down = D<br>
  keystroke_move_left = S<br>
  keystroke_move_right = F<br>
  keystroke_follow_link = control ENTER</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i><a name="newnode"></a>New node commands:<br>
  </i><b>keystroke_add = ENTER<br>
  keystroke_add_child = INSERT</b></font></p>
  <p><i>(Mac users may want to edit this to control ENTER. Don't forget to 
  remove the # from the beginning of the line.)</i></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><b><br>
  keystroke_add_sibling_before = shift ENTER</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Search:</i></font><b><font face="Arial"><br>
  keystroke_find = ctrl F<br>
  keystroke_find_next = ctrl G</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Apply patterns. There is no limiting number of the 
  pattern, you can have as many keystrokes for patterns as you want. F10 and 
  beyond aren't used in the default because F10 has a special function on 
  Windows.<br>
  </i><b>keystroke_apply_pattern_1 = F1<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_2 = control shift N<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_3 = F3<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_4 = F4<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_5 = F5<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_6 = F6<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_7 = F7<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_8 = F8<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_9 = F9<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_10 = control F1<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_11 = control F2<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_12 = control F3<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_13 = control F4<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_14 = control F5<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_15 = control F6<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_16 = control F7<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_17 = control F8<br>
  keystroke_apply_pattern_18 = control F9</b></font></p>
  <p><b><font face="Arial">keystroke_zoom_out = alt UP<br>
  keystroke_zoom_in = alt DOWN</font></b></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Key typing: if enabled enters node editing. Default is 
to enable this mode:<br>
</i><b>disable_key_type = false</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Key typing: overwrites content (false) / creates new 
sibling (true). (Requires: disable_key_type = false):<br>
</i><b>key_type_adds_new = false</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Tell if HTML exported from FreeMind should contain 
icons. The trouble with icons is that quite often the links to icons will not be 
found in the exported HTML.<br>
</i><b>export_icons_in_html = false</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Selection time delay of nodes when mouse is over (in 
msec). Change this value to 1 if you want direct selection on mouse over.<br>
</i><b>time_for_delayed_selection=500</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>Autosave options:</i></font></p>
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  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Time between two consecutive automatic saving actions 
  (in msec). To disable automatic saving set this number to 2000000000.<br>
  </i><b>time_for_automatic_save=60000</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>If the autosave files should be deleted automatically 
  on a normal shutdown of Freemind set the following variable to true: <br>
  </i><b>delete_automatic_saves_at_exit=true</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Number of different files to store the autosave maps 
  into. The first automatic save is done in the first file, and so on, up to the 
  n+1 save, which is again stored in the first file (cyclic):<br>
  </i><b>number_of_different_files_for_automatic_save=10</b></font></p>
  <p><font face="Arial"><i>Autosave path. To change the default path (this is &quot;java.io.tmpdir&quot; 
  of Java), enter a directory path here.&nbsp; freemind_home stands for the 
  directory where the auto.properties are. ( * default points to java.io.tmpdir):<br>
  </i><b>path_to_automatic_saves=freemind_home</b></font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
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